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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2013
      16 May 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139015394
      9780521762656
      9781107477803
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139015394
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.56kg, 290 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.43kg, 290 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Psychology, Cognition, Psychiatry
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    Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins or functions, and different types of fatigue (mental, physical, sleepiness) are routinely confused. The widespread interpretation of fatigue as a negative consequence of work may be true only for externally imposed goals; meaningful or self-initiated work is rarely tiring and often invigorating. In the first book dedicated to the systematic treatment of fatigue for over sixty years, Robert Hockey examines its many aspects - social history, neuroscience, energetics, exercise physiology, sleep and clinical implications - and develops a new motivational control theory, in which fatigue is treated as an emotion having a fundamental adaptive role in the management of goals. He then uses this new perspective to explore the role of fatigue in relation to individual motivation, working life and well-being.

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    ‘Bob Hockey has produced an outstanding book containing easily the best theoretical account of fatigue ever produced. This book (which also provides a fascinating historical account) is destined to become an 'instant classic'.’

    Michael W. Eysenck - Roehampton University

    ‘This book is a perfect example of how psychological analysis can add value, depth, and an originality of perspective to a topic significant to us all. Eclectic, scholarly, but most of all accessible, Hockey's book guides us through the wide-ranging literature related to fatigue with an impressive grasp. He amply demonstrates the very best qualities of twentieth-century British psychology from which he comes.’

    Mark Lansdale - University of Leicester

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